tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post1507240791856527470..comments2015-07-31T09:14:06.769-04:00Comments on Legal History Blog: Legal History and the "Culturally Literate" Law ProfessorMary L. Dudziaknoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-49820319488359967162008-11-12T07:18:00.000-05:002008-11-12T07:18:00.000-05:00Might this lead to the discovery of the "Holy Grai...Might this lead to the discovery of the "Holy Grail of Constitutional Interpretation" that proponents of the various versions of originalism continue to seek? Or is there a fine distinction between legal history and originalism, and their scholars?Shag from Brooklinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-6106398096625377532008-11-11T23:06:00.000-05:002008-11-11T23:06:00.000-05:00I think the problem is that the other topics conce...I think the problem is that the other topics concern discrete methods, or analogies, or tools, but the proposed history list is about entire theories. I would think the ideal readings for the "history day" would focus on historical method -- different ways of extracting meaning from sources. Particularly good for legal academics would be something that would disturb the notion that you can just parachute into the past, read two sentences from a source, and conclude that you've grasped the complete meaning of that text. I'm not sure what that would be though.Bruce Boydenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247768315353108904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226690016900160196.post-10497920905892475672008-11-11T15:01:00.000-05:002008-11-11T15:01:00.000-05:00Dan--this is the best post I've seen in a long tim...Dan--this is the best post I've seen in a long time (lots of contenders for this title). My own bias is towards the 19th century, so if someone went with the first theme--I'd think there should be more on the colonial/Revolutionary/framing, and Reconstruction eras, as well as the antebellum era. I'm incredibly biased, but there's been a tremendous amount of great work done on slavery--I'd think you'd want to have something on that, as well as Reconstruction.<BR/><BR/>All of your suggestions are fabulous, by the way.Alfred Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08604780839695672110noreply@blogger.com